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Subj : Re: TNG vs TOS - anybody still think Next Generation sucks?
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : ANIM8Rfsk
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 21:41:18

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

in article dhh9ti02j8v@drn.newsguy.com, George Peatty at
pttyg47-1230@copper.net wrote on 9/29/05 10:57 AM:

> In article <-7Odncczz5jwZ6beRVn-qg@comcast.com>, ToolPackinMama says...
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>> Absolutely.  I think it's way worse than I thought it was when it was on.
>>> Any time an ep starts, I find it almost completely unmemorable, and then
>>> when I finally do remember, I say "Oh, this one.  This is a lousy one" and
>>> turn it off.  There probably aren't more than a dozen, two dozen eps tops
>>> with any rerun value at all.  Way less than real Trek, and TNG got a LOT
>>> more times at bat.  It's still better than Voyager or Enterprise.
>> 
>> I pretty much agree with that assessment.
> 
> I don't.  TNG is by far the best Trek series by any standard I understand.
> TOS
> had ten great episodes;

at least

> TNG had 50,

Ack.  5, maybe, and we're really really stretching the definition of 'great'
to include 'looks good by comparison to the awfulness of the rest of the
series'

 and ten better than anything ever done on
> TOS.

none of which were even close to a mediocre ep of real Trek.

  I don't think TNG holds up very well because of its repugnant PC
> smarminess.

Agreed.

  When the audience reaches a point where there is no cultural
> context for those sentiments .. and TNG can stand alone on its own merits .. I
> think you'll see a resurgent appreciation for TNG.  Probably won't happen in
> my
> lifetime, though ..

Or anyones.  TNG already looks and feels more dated than TOS.
> 

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